Suspect arrested on failure to register as a sex offender is tied to a 2013 officer attack at Downtown Savannah hotel Suspect arrested on failure to register as a sex offender is tied to a 2013 officer attack at Downtown Savannah hotel A man with a previous conviction for sexual exploitation of a child and a history of assaulting law enforcement officers has been arrested again in Chatham County. According to the Chatham County Sheriff's Office, 60-year-old Franklin Joseph Alexander was arrested July 23 and charged with failure to register as a sex offender, a felony. Jail records show he is being held without bond. In January 2013, Savannah-Chatham Metro Police said Alexander — who was homeless at the time — attacked several officers and a Georgia State Patrol trooper during an incident at a downtown hotel. According to police, an off-duty trooper working security confronted Alexander after seeing him viewing pornography on a hotel computer and ordered him to leave. Investigators said Alexander instead struck the trooper and took the trooper's service weapon during the struggle before a bystander secured the firearm. Responding officers were also assaulted while attempting to arrest Alexander. Police said three officers were punched and one was head-butted. Investigators also said Alexander later told officers he would have shot the trooper. Police said Alexander had been released from Valdosta State Prison in 2011 after serving two years of an eight-year sentence for…
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